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On November 5, 2014, a state court ruling striking down Missouri's same-sex marriage ban ordered St. Louis to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. In response to this ruling, St. Louis County also began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Kelly in Jackson County circuit court on behalf of two same-sex couples who had been denied marriage licenses in Jackson County. [26] Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster had the case moved to federal district court, where U.S. District Court Judge Ortrie D. Smith ruled for the plaintiffs on November 7. He ordered Jackson County to issue ...
Constitutional Amendment 2 of 2004 is an amendment to the Missouri Constitution that prohibited same-sex marriages from being recognized in Missouri.The Amendment passed via public referendum on August 3, 2004, with 71% of voters supporting and 29% opposing. [3]
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March 5–9: A clerk in Asbury Park, New Jersey, processes several marriage licenses for same-sex couples until warned by the state attorney general to stop. A deputy mayor officiates at the marriage of one couple on March 8. [84] [85] March 3: Multnomah County, Oregon, issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [86]
Michael McConnell and Jack Baker [3] [4] are the first same sex couple in modern recorded history [5] known to obtain a marriage license, [6] have their marriage solemnized, which occurred on September 3, 1971, in Minnesota, [7] and have it legally recognized by any form of government.
Nearly 500 couples obtained marriage licenses before the ruling was stayed on May 16 by the Arkansas Supreme Court. On May 14, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban and ordered the state to start recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions as well as license them.
[72] [73] In 2020, 67% of respondents stated that same-sex marriage should be legally recognized as valid under the law. [74] As of 2021, there is majority support for same-sex marriage in 47 states, ranging from 50% in South Carolina to 85% in Massachusetts. There is plurality support in Alabama, with 49% supporting and 47% opposing.